I was drawn to the Saviour because of His blessed return to earth to rapture the Saints. When I heard this song, written by Thoro Harris, I received such a blessing!

Thoro Harris was born on March 31, 1874, in Washington, D.C., only 30 miles from where I now live. He died on March 27, 1955. He produced his first hymnal in 1902. When I read the words to this beautiful hymn, I cannot remain in a discouraged state of mind. I cannot remain ungrateful. It is beautiful hymns like these that encourage the Saint to look up to the hills from when cometh our help!

He’s Coming SoonThoro Harris

In these, the closing days of time,What joy the glorious hope affords,That soon—O wondrous truth sublime!He shall reign, King of kings and Lord of Lords.

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He’s coming soon, He’s coming soon;With joy we welcome His returning;It may be morn, it may be night or noon—We know He’s coming soon.

The signs around—in earth and air,Or painted on the starlit sky,God’s faithful witnesses—declareThat the coming of the Savior draweth nigh.

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The dead in Christ who ’neath us lie,In countless numbers, all shall riseWhen through the portals of the skyHe shall come to prepare our paradise.

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And we, who living, yet remain,Caught up, shall meet our faithful Lord;This hope we cherish not in vain,But we comfort one another by this word.

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This dear brother in Christ sure knew his Bible. “He shall reign, King of kings and Lord of Lords.” Did you know that the phrase Lord of Lords appears five times in the Word? Five is the number for grace. Also, the phrase King of kings appears six times in the Word. Six is the number for man. Our Saviour shed His grace upon man and give His very blood so we could reign with Him. Isn’t that awesome?

(1 Cor. 15:52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

(Tit 2:13) Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, what a blessed hope we have indeed! Chances are I will hear from one of my readers who picks apart my writings and accuses me of heresy over and over. He thinks he will “convert” me back to the “religion” of my youth but he is mistaken for sure. There was no hope in that religion. All I could say was that I “hoped” I would go to heaven. But after reading Ephesians 2:8-9, I saw that my religion was one of works and I could not get to heaven based on anything good that I had done. (Eph 2:8 ) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: (8 ) Not of works, lest any man should boast. (9) My friend, our own righteousness (that which we think we have in our own lives and our own works) is considered a filthy rag in God’s eyes. (Isa 64:6) But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. You know who you are, Sir, and I pray that you will allow God’s Word to speak to your heart through His Holy Spirit so you can find true salvation – not man’s – not a church – but through Jesus Christ. Do so now for He is coming soon!

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